I thought I saw someone had posted yesterday (@onlyme?), but I was too wiped last night to answer. Don't see it now. Anyway, is it just a busy time of year for a lot of us? I teach college English, so it is an increasingly busy time for me. That said, how can we keep the game moving? I think it was...

Ok, I guess things could have gone worse? You managed to kill 2 of the hobgoblins, out of the 8. At my "spot" in the world it is now saturday afternoon. Giving everyone 3 days, would mean next turn starts on tuesday evening. If you guys want me to post the turns for the hobgoblins first, I...

All hope seemed lost for the poor elves and many had feared an unexpected end had come to the their hunting campaign... yet it hadn't. Sergius throws 3 darts to one of the hobgoblin archers, they miss. In the heat of the battle, the darts go unnoticed. The goblins start noticing the party Clarissa a...

Okay, I think we've waited long enough. (A bit longer than I expected, due to me not being able to go online for 1-2 days). Hope everyone is still here. I'll make the rolls and post an update. Now, for future combat rounds, would it speed things up if we could agree on say, 3-4 days to post rolls an...

Double-edge?

Ehm, you okay? If you're still having problems, maybe somebody else could help you or post it for you?

Thanks for your help, Alethan!

I think when Double-edge has posted his rolls, all players have done so, so it's up to me to post the results and roll for initiative.

Thought it might be an interesting topic for a discussion.

What's your favorite published D&D setting? And, if you're a DM, what setting do you mostly run or do you mostly run a homebrew setting?

onlyme wrote:I think you jinxed us... Hopefully they will be bewildered that they forget to attack...

Yeah... somehow I doubt they'll forget to do that...

Wow, nice rolls!

Must fight the temptation to say if it hit, until everyone has posted their actions....

I also notice you guys are already using the strategy thread intensively. Good! No questions or anything else?

Makes sense to me, so we have the surprise round to wreck hell over them and hopefully have any easier time on the following rounds. Correct. Also, I want to add that the fact that I drew a map doesn't mean we're using a "miniatute battle map" or anything like that, so don't worry. The dr...

I dont know what typical hobgoblins look like, but I take by the description that these are the prettier ones? They are certainly more oddly-dressed. Nidhogg, how far are we from the archers? Can I get around and into axe throwing range if I'm not already without plowing through the melee already i...

Chapter 1: The Hobgoblin Raids As you guys quickly, but quietly, sneak over to where the sound comes from, the sound becomes louder and louder. You can hear what the elves are shouting: "No! Mist, watch out!" , Belgos shouts "By the Gods! Yield, you thug!" , Mist shouts. Hiding ...

Clarissa aims and shoots two arrows, hitting two of the remaining deer. One is hit in the thigh, the other in the throat. Blood flows freely and they both drop to the ground quickly, both out of weakness and out of sheer fear. One deer remains, now alone, trembling on her feet. She has nowhere to go...

All the NPCs introduced in Action Thread #1 "Rites of Spring" The Hunting Party Lord Belgos , male half-elf ranger Prince of Eolo, son of Queen Loreley and a human falconer He's an important figure in Eolo, due to his heritage. Young, handsome and strong. Long black hair. He's somewhat im...

Clarissa just fired two shots in the action thread. I assume she should get 2 shots per hunting round. She also has a +3 dexterity attack bonus for bows, and an elf +1 to hit. So I am pretty sure both shots (effectively a 20 and a 19) were hits. That is how I am to read the rules, correct? I think ...

Sergius shoots a few darts at the deer, two of which hit and wound one of them. Distraught, she jump against another smaller female and both fall on the ground. One of them (the one not hit by Sergius' darts), stands up again though, but is soon floored by Lady Clarissa's arrows and tramples another...

All right, I'm back. I'll post an update right now. Let's continue the hunt! :D Okay, I'm going to need some advise her, since I'm not sure how to do a hunt "by the rules". I guess we could do it like a normal combat encounter? My thought would be to dm it how you want it to play out... i...

Mist draws her two throwing axes. She tries to focus on the hunt, but it's clear that Clarissa again managed to strike a nerve with that last sentence "I would be tickled to shoot at a female or two", she'd said. Was that a threat? Did she try to provoke her or was Mist just getting tired ...

Somewhere, I've seen a random hunting table, but can't remember where. Wilderness Survival Guide maybe? But those rules are more for finding game and hunting without playing it out. Combat should work. Stag stats in MM? Yes, we could use combat rules. Stats for the Stag in the MM and Herd Animal fo...

Belgos nods in agreement to Risto. "Okay, we shall go back to the group and tell them of our plans." Belgos unclasps a hunting horn from his belt and hands it over Risto. “If we get separated, use this to help us find you. Mist will do the same with hers if we lose you. Let’s go – quietly!...